Interleaving method and interleaving apparatus

ABSTRACT

Various embodiments provide an interleaving method, to improve error correction performance of a polar code. In these embodiments, a first bit sequence is obtained. The first bit sequence includes L number of bits, and L is a positive integer. The L number of bits are then written into an interleaving matrix according to a preset write rule. The interleaving matrix includes C rows and R number of columns. C and R are positive integers. The L number of bits can be read from the interleaving matrix according to a preset read rule to obtain a second bit sequence. The second bit sequence includes L number of bits; and sending the second bit sequence.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2018/104653, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201710806792.5, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of channel coding, and inparticular, to an interleaving method and an interleaving apparatus.

BACKGROUND

In a communications system, channel coding is usually performed toimprove data transmission reliability, so as to ensure communicationquality. On a fading channel, bit errors often occur in strings (thatis, burst errors), and channel coding is effective only in detecting andcorrecting a single error or a short string of errors (that is, randomerrors). Therefore, an interleaving technology is proposed in the priorart. A function of interleaving is to disrupt an original data sequence,so that correlation between data sequences before and after theinterleaving is reduced. In this way, a probability of a burst error ofdata can be reduced. Even if an error occurs, the error is a singleerror or a very short string of errors. In this way, the error can becorrected by using an error correction capability of channel coding, torecover the original data sequence. According to different interleavingmodes, interleaving mainly includes row-column interleaving and randominterleaving.

A polar code (that is, a polar code) is the first good code that istheoretically proved to be capable of achieving a Shannon capacity andthat has low coding and decoding complexity, and therefore, is widelyapplied. When the polar code is used to perform channel coding, if arandom interleaving mode is used, when an interleaved sequence iscalculated offline, a permutation sequence needs to be stored forinterleaving and deinterleaving. When a code length is relatively long,a quantity of storage resources required for random interleaving is verylarge or even unacceptable. However, if a row-column interleaving modeis used, error correction performance is relatively poor in higher ordermodulation.

SUMMARY

Various embodiments provide an interleaving method and an interleavingapparatus, to improve error correction performance of a polar code inhigher order modulation.

According to a first aspect, an interleaving method is provided. Themethod includes: obtaining a first bit sequence, where the first bitsequence includes L number of bits, and L is a positive integer; writingthe L number of bits into an interleaving matrix according to a presetwrite rule, where the interleaving matrix includes C rows and R numberof columns, and C and R are positive integers; reading the L number ofbits from the interleaving matrix according to a preset read rule, toobtain a second bit sequence, where the second bit sequence includes Lnumber of bits; and sending the second bit sequence.

It should be understood that the first bit sequence is ato-be-interleaved bit sequence. The second bit sequence is aninterleaved sequence. A process of writing the L number of bits includedin the first bit sequence into the interleaving matrix according to thewrite rule, and reading the L number of bits according to the read ruleto obtain the second bit sequence is actually an interleaving process.

The to-be-interleaved bit sequence is written into the interleavingmatrix according to the write rule in this embodiment, so that bitswritten into at least one row and at least one column of theinterleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence; or bitswritten into at least one row of the interleaving matrix arediscontinuous in the first bit sequence, and quantities of bits writteninto at least two columns are not equal; or bits written into at leastone row of the interleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bitsequence, and bits written into at least one column are discontinuous inthe first bit sequence.

It may be understood that the L number of bits in the first bit sequenceare written into the interleaving matrix, so that the interleavingmatrix satisfies the foregoing described features. This is an externalexpression form of the interleaving method proposed in this application.In this embodiment, the interleaving method designed based on row-columninterleaving can improve, by using quasi periodicity of a polar code,error correction performance of the polar code used for channel coding.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the writing the L number of bits into an interleaving matrixaccording to the write rule includes: writing the L number of bits intoat least one interleaving unit of the interleaving matrix column bycolumn, where each column includes B number of bits, each interleavingunit includes B number of rows and R number of columns, and B is apositive integer.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the writing the L number of bits into an interleaving matrixaccording to the write rule includes: writing the L number of bits intoan i^(th) interleaving unit of the interleaving matrix column by column,where each column includes Bi number of bits, the i^(th) interleavingunit includes B_(i) rows and R number of columns, i≥2 and is an integer,B_(i) is a positive integer, the interleaving matrix includes at leasttwo interleaving units, each interleaving unit includes R number ofcolumns, and any two of the at least two interleaving units includedifferent quantities of rows.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the writing the L number of bits into an interleaving matrixaccording to the write rule includes: writing the L number of bits intothe R number of columns of the interleaving matrix column by column,where a quantity B_(j) of bits written into each of the R number ofcolumns is different, quantities of bits written into the first columnto an R^(th) column in the R number of columns progressively increase ordecrease as the column index j increases, j traverses values in {1, 2, .. . , R}, and B_(j) is a positive integer.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, B_(j) is an exponential power of 2, or B_(j) is an odd number ora prime number.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the writing the L number of bits into an interleaving matrixaccording to the write rule includes: writing the L number of bits intothe R number of columns of the interleaving matrix column by column in nrounds, where writing is performed into at least one of the R number ofcolumns in each round, a quantity B_(k) of bits written into the atleast one column in each round progressively increases as the columnindex k increases, n 2 and is an integer, 1≤k≤R, and k and B_(k) arepositive integers.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, when the L number of bits are written into the interleavingmatrix according to the write rule, write directions in any two roundsof writing may be the same or may be different.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, before the reading the L number of bits from the interleavingmatrix according to the read rule, the method further includes:performing column transformation on the interleaving matrix, where amanner of the column transformation includes: odd-even exchange, bitreversal, or column transformation performed based on a predefinedtransform function.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the firstaspect, the read rule includes at least one of the following: performingreading from left to right; performing reading from right to left; andperforming reading from left to right in an odd row, and performingreading from right to left in an even row, where all the rows of theinterleaving matrix have a same read direction, each row has a differentread start point, and the read start point of each row is determinedbased on a predefined read function.

According to a second aspect, this application provides an interleavingapparatus. The apparatus is configured to perform the method in thefirst aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.Specifically, the apparatus includes units configured to perform themethod in the first aspect or any possible implementation of the firstaspect.

The interleaving apparatus provided in this application performs bitinterleaving by using quasi periodicity of a polar code, to improveerror correction performance of the polar code used for channel coding.

According to a third aspect, this application provides an interleavingdevice. The interleaving device includes one or more processors, one ormore memories, and one or more transceivers (each transceiver includes atransmitter and a receiver). The transmitter or the receiver sends orreceives a signal by using an antenna. The memory is configured to storea computer program instruction (in other words, code). The processor isconfigured to execute the instruction stored in the memory. When theinstruction is executed, the processor performs the method in the firstaspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect, this application provides acomputer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumstores an instruction. When the instruction is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the method in the first aspect or anypossible implementation of the first aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, this application provides a chip (or a chipsystem). The chip includes a memory and a processor. The memory isconfigured to store a computer program, and the processor is configuredto invoke the computer program from the memory and run the computerprogram, so that a communications device on which the chip is installedperforms the method in the first aspect or any possible implementationof the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, this application provides a computerprogram product. The computer program product includes computer programcode. When the computer program code is run on a computer, the computeris enabled to perform the method in the first aspect or any possibleimplementation of the first aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, this application provides a codingapparatus. The coding apparatus has functions of implementing the methodin the first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect.The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented byhardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or the softwareincludes one or more modules corresponding to the foregoing functions.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby hardware, the coding apparatus includes: an input interface circuit,configured to obtain a first bit sequence; a logic circuit, configuredto perform the interleaving method in the first aspect or any possibledesign of the first aspect; and an output interface circuit, configuredto output a second bit sequence.

In some embodiments, the coding apparatus may be a chip or an integratedcircuit.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby software, the coding apparatus includes: a memory, configured tostore a program; and a processor, configured to execute the programstored in the memory. When the program is executed, the coding apparatusmay implement the interleaving method in the first aspect or anypossible design of the first aspect.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby software, the coding apparatus includes a processor. A memoryconfigured to store a program is located outside the coding apparatus.The processor is connected to the memory through a circuit/an electricwire, and is configured to read and execute the program stored in thememory.

According to an eighth aspect, this application provides adeinterleaving method. The method includes: obtaining ato-be-deinterleaved bit sequence; and deinterleaving theto-be-deinterleaved bit sequence according to a preset write rule andread rule, to obtain a deinterleaved bit sequence.

In an ideal noiseless case, the deinterleaved bit sequence is the sameas a first bit sequence.

It should be noted that deinterleaving is an inverse process ofinterleaving. When obtaining the to-be-deinterleaved bit sequence, adecoder performs an inverse operation of an interleaving operationperformed by an encoder according to a write rule and a read rule, todeinterleave the to-be-deinterleaved bit sequence. Based on theinterleaving method described in the first aspect, a person skilled inthe art easily obtains the deinterleaving method. Therefore, details arenot described in this specification.

It should be understood that the interleaving method in the first aspector any possible implementation of the first aspect has a correspondingdeinterleaving method. Details are not described one by one herein.

According to a ninth aspect, this application provides a deinterleavingapparatus. The apparatus is configured to perform the deinterleavingmethod in the eighth aspect or any possible implementation of the eighthaspect. Specifically, the apparatus includes units configured to performthe method in the eighth aspect or any possible implementation of theeighth aspect.

According to a tenth aspect, this application provides a deinterleavingdevice. The deinterleaving device includes one or more processors, oneor more memories, and one or more transceivers (each transceiverincludes a transmitter and a receiver). The transmitter or the receiversends or receives a signal by using an antenna. The memory is configuredto store a computer program instruction (in other words, code). Theprocessor is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory.When the instruction is executed, the processor performs the method inthe eighth aspect or any possible implementation of the eighth aspect.

According to an eleventh aspect, this application provides acomputer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage mediumstores an instruction. When the instruction is run on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform the method in the eighth aspect or anypossible implementation of the eighth aspect.

According to a twelfth aspect, this application provides a chip (or achip system). The chip includes a memory and a processor. The memory isconfigured to store a computer program, and the processor is configuredto invoke the computer program from the memory and run the computerprogram, so that a communications device on which the chip is installedperforms the method in the eighth aspect or any possible implementationof the eighth aspect.

According to a thirteenth aspect, this application provides a computerprogram product. The computer program product includes computer programcode. When the computer program code is run on a computer, the computeris enabled to perform the method in the eighth aspect or any possibleimplementation of the eighth aspect.

According to a fourteenth aspect, this application provides a decodingapparatus. The decoding apparatus has functions of implementing themethod in the eighth aspect or any possible implementation of the eighthaspect. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or may beimplemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardwareor the software includes one or more modules corresponding to theforegoing functions.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby hardware, the decoding apparatus includes: an input interfacecircuit, configured to obtain a to-be-deinterleaved bit sequence; alogic circuit, configured to perform the deinterleaving method in theeighth aspect or any possible design of the eighth aspect; and an outputinterface circuit, configured to output a deinterleaved bit sequence.

In some embodiments, the decoding apparatus may be a chip or anintegrated circuit.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby software, the decoding apparatus includes: a memory, configured tostore a program; and a processor, configured to execute the programstored in the memory. When the program is executed, the decodingapparatus may implement the deinterleaving method in the eighth aspector any possible design of the eighth aspect.

In a possible design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby software, the decoding apparatus includes a processor. A memoryconfigured to store a program is located outside the decoding apparatus.The processor is connected to the memory through a circuit/an electricwire, and is configured to read and execute the program stored in thememory.

In some embodiments, the memory may be a physically independent unit, ormay be integrated with the processor.

In the embodiments of this application, by using the quasi periodicityof the polar code, the error correction performance of the interleavingmethod designed based on row-column interleaving is similar to or evenhigher than that of random interleaving, and the error correctionperformance of the polar code used for channel coding can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a wireless communications system applicable to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a basic flowchart of communication performed by using awireless technology;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of row-column interleaving;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of quasi periodicity of a polar code;

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram of quasi periodicity of a polarcode;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of interleaving and deinterleaving;

FIG. 7 shows an example of a write rule;

FIG. 8 shows another example of a write rule;

FIG. 9 shows an arrangement form of interleaving units having twointerleaving depths in an interleaving matrix;

FIG. 10 shows another arrangement form of interleaving units having twointerleaving depths in an interleaving matrix;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of performing, in rows, writing intointerleaving units having two interleaving depths;

FIG. 12 shows an example of a read rule;

FIG. 13 shows an example of a parallel read mode of interleaving unitshaving different interleaving depths;

FIG. 14 shows still another example of a write rule;

FIG. 15 shows yet another example of a write rule;

FIG. 16 shows yet another example of a write rule;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a write direction;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of splicing of interleaving units havingtwo interleaving depths;

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of an interleaving apparatus 500according to this application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of an interleaving device 700according to this application;

FIG. 21 is a structural diagram of a terminal device 800 according tothis application;

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of a deinterleaving apparatus 900according to this application; and

FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a deinterleaving device1000 according to this application.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following describes the technical solutions in this application withreference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a wireless communications system 100 applicable to anembodiment of this application. The wireless communications system mayinclude at least one network device. The network device communicateswith one or more terminal devices (for example, a terminal device #1 anda terminal device #2 shown in FIG. 1). The network device may be a basestation, may be a device obtained after a base station and a basestation controller are integrated, or may be another device having asimilar communication function.

The wireless communications system in this embodiment includes, but isnot limited to, a narrow band-internet of things (narrow band-internetof things, NB-IoT) system, a global system for mobile communications(global system for mobile communications, GSM), an enhanced data ratefor GSM evolution (enhanced data rate for GSM evolution, EDGE) system, awideband code division multiple access (wideband code division multipleaccess, WCDMA) system, a code division multiple access 2000 (codedivision multiple access, CDMA2000) system, a time division-synchronouscode division multiple access (time division-synchronization codedivision multiple access, TD-SCDMA) system, a long term evolution (longterm evolution, LTE) system, three application scenarios of anext-generation 5G mobile communications system: enhance mobilebroadband (enhance mobile broadband, eMBB), ultra-reliable low latencycommunication (ultra reliable low latency communication, URLLC), andenhanced massive machine type communication (massive machine typecommunication, eMTC), or a future new communications system.

The terminal device in this embodiment may include various hand-helddevices, vehicle-mounted devices, wearable devices, or computing devicesthat have a wireless communication function, or other processing devicesconnected to a wireless modem. The terminal device may be a mobilestation (mobile station, MS), a subscriber unit (subscriber unit), acellular phone (cellular phone), a smart phone (smart phone), a wirelessdata card, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant,PDA) computer, a tablet computer, a wireless modem (modem), a handset(handset), a laptop computer (laptop computer), a machine typecommunication (machine type communication, MTC) terminal, or the like.

A wireless technology is used for communication between the networkdevice and the terminal devices in FIG. 1. When sending a signal, thenetwork device is an encoder; and when receiving a signal, the networkdevice is a decoder. Similarly, when sending a signal, the terminaldevice is an encoder; and when receiving a signal, the terminal deviceis a decoder.

In addition, the encoder may be considered as a transmit end, and thedecoder may be considered as a receive end.

FIG. 2 is a basic flowchart of communication performed by using awireless technology. As shown in FIG. 2, after source coding, channelcoding, rate matching, and modulation are sequentially performed on asource of the transmit end, the source is sent on a channel. Afterreceiving the signal, the receive end sequentially performsdemodulation, rate de-matching, channel decoding, and source decoding toobtain a sink.

For ease of understanding, related technologies herein are brieflydescribed first.

(1) Channel Coding

Channel coding/decoding is one of core technologies in the wirelesscommunications field, and performance improvement of the technologydirectly enhances network coverage and increases a user transmissionrate. Currently, a polar code is a channel coding technology that istheoretically proved to be capable of achieving a Shannon capacity andthat has practical coding and decoding capabilities with linearcomplexity. A core of polar code construction is to use “channelpolarization”. On an encoder side, subchannels present differentreliability by using a coding method. When a code length continuouslyincreases, some channels tend to become noiseless channels having acapacity close to 1, and other channels tend to become pure noisychannels having a capacity close to 0. A channel having a capacity closeto 1 is selected to directly transmit information, so as to approach thechannel capacity.

A coding policy for a polar code exactly applies a feature of thephenomenon. Useful information of a user is transmitted on a noiselesschannel, and agreed information or no information is transmitted on apure noisy channel. The polar code is also a linear block code. A codingmatrix (also referred to as a generation matrix) of the polar code isF_(N), and a coding process is x₁ ^(N)=μ₁ ^(N)·F_(N). μ₁ ^(N)=(μ₁, μ₂, .. . , μ_(N)) is a binary row vector whose length (that is, a codelength) is N, N=2^(n), and n is a positive integer. F_(N) is an N×Nmatrix, and F_(N)=F₂ ^(⊗(log) ² ^(N)). F₂ ^(⊗(log) ² ^(N)) is defined asa Kronecker (Kronecker) product of log 2^(N) matrices F₂.

$F_{2} = {\begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 \\1 & 1\end{bmatrix}.}$The foregoing addition and multiplication operations in the formulas areall addition and multiplication operations in a binary Galois field.

In the coding process of the polar code, some bits in u₁ ^(N) are usedto carry information, and are referred to as an information bit set. Aset of indexes of these bits is denoted as A. Other bits are set tofixed values predetermined on a receive end and a transmit end and arereferred to as a fixed bit set or a frozen bit (frozen bits) set, and aset of indexes of the bits is denoted as a complementary set A^(c) of A.The coding process of the polar code is equivalent to x₁^(N)=μ_(A)F_(N)(A)⊕μ_(A) _(c) F_(N)(A^(C)). Herein, F_(N)(A) is asubmatrix, in F_(N), derived from rows corresponding to the indexes inthe set A. F_(N)(A^(C)) is a submatrix, in F_(N), derived from rowscorresponding to the indexes in the set A^(C). u_(A) is the informationbit set in u₁ ^(N), and a quantity of information bits is K. u_(A) _(C)is the fixed bit set in u₁ ^(N), a quantity of fixed bits is N−K, andthe fixed bits are known bits. The fixed bits are generally set to 0.However, the fixed bits may be set randomly provided that the receiveend and the transmit end have pre-agreed. Therefore, a coding output ofthe polar code may be simplified as x₁ ^(N)=μ_(A)·F_(N)(A). Herein,u_(A) is the information bit set in u₁ ^(N), and u_(A) is a row vectorhaving a length of K, in other words, |A|=K. The symbol ∥ represents aquantity of elements in a set, K is a size of an information block,F_(N)(A) is the submatrix, in F_(N), derived from the rows correspondingto the indexes in the set A, and F_(N)(A) is an N×N matrix.

(2) Higher Order Modulation

An inherent feature of the higher order modulation is that bitreliability depends on a mapping relationship of a modulationconstellation map, and bits mapped to a same modulation symbol havedifferent reliability. In other words, different bits mapped to a samemodulation symbol are protected at different degrees. For example, for16QAM, an order of protection levels Q(bi) of four bits b_(i) mapped toone modulation symbol is Q(b₁)=Q(b₂)>Q(b₃)=Q(b₄), where i∈{1,2,3,4}. Foranother example, for 64QAM, an order of protection levels Q(bi) of sixbits b_(i) mapped to one modulation symbol isQ(b₁)=Q(b₂)>Q(b₃)=Q(b₄)>Q(b₅)=Q(b₆). It can be easily figured out that abit having a lower protection level is more likely to be distorted in atransmission process, causing a burst error in a decoding process.Therefore, such a feature of the higher order modulation is obviouslyadverse to an error-correcting code (including a polar code).

(3) Interleaving Technology

On a fading channel, errors often occur in strings, and channel codingis effective only in detecting and correcting a single error or a shortstring of errors. To resolve a problem of strings of bit errors, theinterleaving technology is proposed in the prior art. In theinterleaving technology, an original data sequence is disrupted, so thatcorrelation between a data sequence before interleaving and a datasequence after interleaving is reduced. In this way, even if errorsoccur in strings in a transmission process, when a data sequence beforeinterleaving is restored, the errors become a single error bit. Inaddition, because the channel has an error correction capability, aprobability of restoring the original data sequence increases, and aprobability of a data burst error decreases. Therefore, ananti-interference capability in data transmission can be improved.

Currently, common interleaving methods include row-column interleavingand random interleaving.

In the row-column interleaving, a Z₁×Z₂ matrix is generated based on acode length obtained after coding. An original bit sequence isinterleaved based on a “row-in-column-out” operation or a“column-in-row-out” operation, to obtain an interleaved bit sequence.

FIG. 3 is an example schematic diagram of row-column interleaving. InFIG. 3, “row-in-column-out” is used as an example, an original bitsequence is [X₁₁, X₁₂, X₁₃, . . . , X_(1m), X₂₁, X₂₂, X₂₃, . . . ,X_(2m), . . . , X_(n1), X_(n2), X_(n3), . . . , X_(nm)], and aninterleaved sequence is [X₁₁, X₂₁, X₃₁, . . . , X_(n1), X₁₂, X₂₂, X₃₂, .. . , X_(n2), . . . , X_(1m), X_(2m), X_(3m), . . . , X_(nm)].

If the simple row-column interleaving is used for a polar code, inhigher order modulation, a burst error cannot be randomized, and impact,on decoding performance, of different protection levels of differentbits in the higher order modulation cannot be offset.

Therefore, this application provides an interleaving method, to improveerror correction performance of the polar code in higher ordermodulation.

To better understand a design concept of this application, quasiperiodicity of the polar code is described first.

Reliability of polarized channels of a polar code presents quasiperiodicity with numbers of the polarized channels. Normalizationreliability of the polarized channels is described by using a polar codeconstruction sequence used in new radio (new radio, NR) in 3GPP. For atrend in which reliability of polarized channels whose mother codelength is 1024 varies with channel numbers, refer to FIG. 4. For a trendin which channel numbers of polarized channels whose mother code lengthis 256 vary, refer to FIG. 5.

It should be noted that the normalization reliability may be describedas follows (the description is given by using N polarized channels):computing reliability of the N polarized channels, and quantizing (ornormalizing) the reliability of the N polarized channels to obtain aquantized value of the reliability of each polarized channel. Forexample, N=1024, a largest quantized value among the N quantized valuesis set to 1023, a second largest quantized value is set to 1022, and therest can be deduced by analogy until a smallest quantized value is setto 0. In this case, an obtained sorting sequence of reliability is asorting sequence of normalization reliability of the N polarizedchannels. For another example, N=128, a largest quantized value amongthe N quantized values is set to 127, a second largest quantized valueis set to 126, and the rest can be deduced by analogy until a smallestquantized value is set to 0. For still another example, N=1024, and theN quantized values each are divided by a largest quantized value amongthe N quantized values. Then, the largest value among the N quantizedvalues is 1. Quantized values of reliability of the channels range from0 to 1.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 present a similar trend in which reliability ofpolarized channels varies with channel numbers. FIG. 4 is equivalent tofour FIG. 5. A mother code scale in which a length is 1024 is used as anexample. Four periods are included, each period includes 256 polarizedchannels, and average reliability of polarized channels in a currentperiod is higher than that in a previous period. Referring to FIG. 5, itmay be found that polarized channels have different scale periods. Ineach period, reliability of polarized channels increases with anincrease of channel numbers, and average reliability in a current periodis higher than that in a previous period. In FIG. 5, 32 subchannels areused as one period (a period interval is marked by using a dashed line).In each period, reliability of polarized channels increases in general.If eight subchannels are used as one period, for example, [0,7] or[8,15], reliability of the eight subchannels also increases. Inaddition, average reliability in each period is improved relative toaverage reliability in a previous period. In this quasi-periodic change,two polarized channels may be used as one period (or referred to as apolarization period or a quasi-polarization period) at minimum.

Considering that the polar code has quasi periodicity that othererror-correcting codes do not have, this application proposes aninterleaving method, to improve error correction performance of thepolar code based on a difference between protection levels of differentbits for a modulation symbol of higher order modulation.

It can be learned from the foregoing description that in a higher-ordermodulation scheme (for example, 16QAM or 64QAM), modulation protectionlevels of consecutively input bits are different. Therefore, in anembodiment of this application, bits in one polarization period need tobe prevented from being mapped to one higher order modulation symbol fortransmission. Using 16QAM as an example, each modulation symbol includesfour bits of information. Therefore, four consecutive bits havingascending or descending polarization degrees in one polarization periodneed to be prevented from being all allocated to one modulation symbol.

Based on such a design concept, the present disclosure proposes aplurality of interleaving manners. In various embodiments, an originalbit sequence before interleaving is denoted as a first bit sequence, anda bit sequence after interleaving is denoted as a second bit sequence.The second bit sequence may also be referred to as an interleavedsequence or a bit sequence after interleaving.

It should be understood that a quantity of bits included in a bitsequence does not change before and after interleaving. To be specific,if the first bit sequence includes L number of bits, the second bitsequence obtained after the interleaving also includes L number bits,where L is a positive integer.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of interleaving and deinterleaving. Anencoder obtains a first bit sequence, where the first bit sequenceincludes L number of bits, and L is a positive integer; writes the Lnumber of bits included in the first bit sequence into an interleavingmatrix according to a preset write rule; and then, reads, according to apreset read rule, the L number of bits written into the interleavingmatrix, to obtain a second bit sequence, so that an interleaving processis completed. The second bit sequence includes L number of bits, and theinterleaving matrix includes C rows and R number of columns, where C andR are positive integers. After modulating and mapping the second bitsequence, a transmit end sends the second bit sequence. After performinginverse mapping and demodulation, a decoder obtains ato-be-deinterleaved bit sequence, and deinterleaves theto-be-deinterleaved bit sequence, to obtain a deinterleaved bitsequence.

In an ideal noiseless case, the deinterleaved bit sequence is the sameas the first bit sequence.

Usually, a code length of a polar code before rate matching is referredto as a mother code length, and is denoted as N. A code length of apolar code after rate matching is denoted as M. In the interleavingmethod provided in this application, a length of the first bit sequence(or a value of L) may be the length M after rate matching during polarcoding, in other words, L=M; or may be the mother code length N beforerate matching, and in this case, L=N.

In addition, in this specification, some embodiments are described byusing “column-in-row-out” as an example, and other embodiments aredescribed by using “row-in-column-out” as an example. It may beunderstood that, in a row-column interleaving process, “row” and“column” are relative. Therefore, a person skilled in the art easilyobtains an interleaving process of “column-in-row-out” according to anembodiment of “row-in-column-out”. Similarly, an interleaving process of“row-in-column-out” may be deduced according to the interleaving processof “column-in-row-out”. Therefore, “row-in-column-out” and“column-in-row-out” in each embodiment are not described in detail inthe following embodiments. In each embodiment, a person skilled in theart may obtain one interleaving manner based on another describedinterleaving manner.

Row-column interleaving is used in this embodiment. In row-columninterleaving, a quantity of rows of an interleaving matrix (which mayalso be referred to as an interleaver) is denoted as C below, and aquantity of columns of the interleaving matrix is denoted as R below. Cand R are positive integers.

In this embodiment, the write rule includes a plurality of manners,which are described one by one in detail below.

Manner 1

The L number of bits are written into at least one interleaving unit ofthe interleaving matrix, where each column includes B number of bits,and each interleaving unit includes B number of rows and R number ofcolumns. B is a positive integer.

In this embodiment, the interleaving unit is a part of the interleavingmatrix, and usually, is also a matrix. It should be noted that sizes ofan interleaving unit may be different in different embodiments.Alternatively, in one embodiment, one interleaving matrix may includeseveral interleave units of different sizes. For details about the sizeof the interleaving unit, refer to descriptions in various embodiments.

If writing is performed into an interleaving unit by row, a quantity ofbits written into each row may also be referred to as an interleavingdepth of the interleaving unit. If writing is performed into aninterleaving unit by column, a quantity of bits written into each columnis referred to as an interleaving depth of the interleaving unit.

In addition, the L number of bits are to-be-interleaved bits. Therefore,in some embodiments, the L number of bits are described as“to-be-interleaved bits”.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the write rule. B number of bits are writteninto each column, B is a constant value, and then writing is performedinto another column. When writing into the entire interleaving matrix iscompleted, writing continues to be performed column by column from a(B+1)^(th) row, and B number of bits are written into each column.

In this embodiment, a value of the quantity C number of rows of theinterleaving matrix is equal to a quantity C of constellation points.The quantity of constellation points satisfies that C=2M, where M is amodulation order, and M is a positive integer.

The quantity R number of columns of the interleaving matrix may becalculated based on the code length N before rate matching, or may becalculated based on the code length M after rate matching.

If calculation is performed based on the code length N (namely, themother code length) before rate matching, R=┌N/C┐.

If calculation is performed based on the code length M after ratematching, R=┌M/C┐.

A value of B may be a function of a polarization period, for example,B=2^(n), where n=1, 2, 3, . . . , or 2^(┌log) ² ^(N┐).

Alternatively, B may be a function of M or C. For example, B=┌α(log₂C)+β┐, B=┌α·(log₂ C+β)┐, or B=└α·M+β┘.

A value range of α is (0, 2), a value range of β is (−2, +2), ┌ ┐represents rounding up, and └ ┘ represents rounding down.

For example, when α=0.5 and β=0, if M=4, B is 8; and if M=6, B is 32.

It should be noted that in a process of performing writing into theinterleaving matrix, when the L number of bits are all written into theinterleaving matrix but the interleaving matrix is still not fullyfilled, NULL is written at a position without a bit.

When B is calculated based on the code length N before rate matching,the following code may be used for implementation:

B=32; % setting a smallest unit size in group division

rowNum=ConsNum; % a quantity of rows of an interleaver is equal to aquantity of constellation points in a modulation scheme

colNum=rounding up (N/ConsNum); % calculating a quantity of columnsbased on a length after coding

groupNum=rounding up (N/B); % a minimum quantity of units

lgroupNum=groupNum−(rowNum/−1)*colNum; % calculating a quantity of unitsinto which NULL needs to be written

ind=1:rowNum*colNum; % generating initial numbers of elements of aninterleaving matrix

indT=filling, by column, number vectors into a matrix having B number ofrows and groupNum columns; % generating a to-be-interleaved matrix

indTT=[ ]; % generating an initial value of the interleaving matrix

for n=1:rowNum % interleaving

if n=rowNum % filling NULL to the last unit

lgroupind=generating a unit including the element NULL;

indTT=filling the newly generated unit below the interleaving matrix;

else

indTT=filling the newly generated unit below the interleaving matrix;

end

end

seq=reshape (indTT′, 1, rowNum*colNum);

seq=seq (seq≤N)

When B is calculated based on the code length M after rate matching, thefollowing code may be used for implementation:

B=8; % setting a smallest unit size

rowNum=ConsNum; % a quantity of rows of an interleaver is equal to aquantity of constellation points in a modulation scheme

N0=2{circumflex over ( )}(rounding up (log 2(N))); % obtaining a mothercode length NO

colNum=rounding up (N0/ConsNum); % obtaining a quantity of columns ofthe interleaver

groupNum=rounding up (N0/); % obtaining a quantity of smallest units B

ind=1:N0; % obtaining a number

ind (puncturing/shortening)=0; % setting, to 0, a channel shortened orpunctured in rate matching

ind=reverse (ind);

indT=filling, by column, number vectors into a matrix having B number ofrows and groupNum columns;

indTT=[ ];

for n=1:rowNum % performing segmentation by unit, and performing fillinginto the interleaving matrix

indTT=filling a newly generated unit below the interleaving matrix;

end

seq=reading the interleaving matrix by row;

seq=seq (seq>0); % finishing rate matching

[sorted number, interleaved sequence]=sorting in ascending order (seq);% obtaining an interleaved sequence

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 1, bits written into any row of the interleavingmatrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, and bits writteninto any column of the interleaving matrix are discontinuous in thefirst bit sequence either.

It should be noted that after the L number of bits included in the firstbit sequence are written into the interleaving matrix, a featurepresented in the interleaving matrix is actually an external expressionof the interleaving method provided in this application.

Manner 2

The L number of bits are written into at least two interleaving units ofthe interleaving matrix, the at least two interleaving units includedifferent quantities of rows, and each interleaving unit includes Rnumber of columns.

FIG. 8 shows another example of the write rule. An i^(th) interleavingunit of the interleaving matrix includes B_(i) number of rows and Rnumber of columns. When writing is performed into the i^(th)interleaving unit, B_(i) number of bits are written into each column,where B_(i) is a positive integer.

For example, FIG. 8 shows three interleaving units. The firstinterleaving unit includes four rows and R number of columns, the secondinterleaving unit includes eight rows and R number of columns, and thethird interleaving unit includes 16 rows and R number of columns. Inother words, B₁=4, B₂=8, and B₃=16.

In this embodiment, a total quantity

$\sum\limits_{i}B_{i}$of rows of the interleaving matrix satisfies a relation

${{\sum\limits_{i}B_{i}} \leq C},$where C is a quantity of constellation points.

The quantity R of columns may be calculated based on the mother codelength N before rate matching, or may be calculated based on the codelength M after rate matching. Similarly, if the quantity R of columns iscalculated based on the code length N before rate matching, R=┌N/C┐; orif the quantity R of columns is calculated based on the code length Mafter rate matching, R=┌M/C┐.

Similarly, if all the L number of bits are written into the interleavingmatrix, but the interleaving matrix is still not fully filled, NULL iswritten at a position without a bit.

As can be learned, in the manner 2, interleaving units having at leasttwo depths exist in the interleaving matrix. After the L number of bitsincluded in the first bit sequence are written into the interleavingmatrix according to the write rule described in the manner 2, bitswritten into any row of the interleaving matrix are discontinuous in thefirst bit sequence, and bits written into any column of the interleavingmatrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence either.

Manner 3

The L number of bits are written into a first interleaving unit and asecond interleaving unit of the interleaving matrix. In the interleavingmatrix, the first interleaving unit is arranged first, and then thesecond interleaving unit is arranged. Alternatively, the firstinterleaving unit and the second interleaving unit may be arranged in across manner.

The cross arrangement herein includes alternate arrangement of the firstinterleaving unit and the second interleaving unit. Alternatively, m₁first interleaving units are arranged first, and then n₁ secondinterleaving units are arranged. Subsequently, m₂ first interleavingunits are arranged, then n₂ second interleaving units are arranged, andso on. m₁, m₂, n₁, and n₂ are positive integers, and respective valuesare not limited.

FIG. 9 shows an arrangement form of interleaving units having twointerleaving depths in an interleaving matrix. An interleaving depth ofthe first interleaving unit is denoted as B_(i), and an interleavingdepth of the second interleaving unit is denoted as B₂. B₁ and B₂ arepositive integers. In the arrangement manner shown in FIG. 9, in theinterleaving matrix, U₁ first interleaving units are arranged first, andthen U₂ second interleaving units are arranged, where U₁ and U₂ arepositive integers.

A quantity of bits written into the first interleaving unit isapproximately equal to a quantity of bits written into the secondinterleaving unit, in other words, U₁×B₁×R=U₂×B₂×R, where R is thequantity of columns of the interleaving matrix. In an example, the twointerleaving depths may be: B₁=5 and B₂=11, B₁=3 and B₂=5, B₁=3 andB₂=7, B₁=3 and B₂=11, B₁=5 and B₂=7, or B₁=7 and B₂=11.

A method for determining U₁ and U₂ is: U₁=B₂ and U₂=B_(i). In this case,R=┌M/(U₁·B₁+U₂·B₂)┐.

A quantity of to-be-interleaved bits allocated to each of the firstinterleaving unit and the second interleaving unit may be determined byusing the following method: A length of bits allocated to the firstinterleaving unit satisfies that M₁=┌M/2┐, and a length of bitsallocated to the second interleaving unit satisfies that M₂=M−M₁.Alternatively, a length of bits allocated to the first interleaving unitsatisfies that M₁=┌M/2┐+1, and a length of bits allocated to the secondinterleaving unit satisfies that M₂=M−M₁.

An interleaving process may be expressed as follows:

To-be-interleaved bits [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M] are divided into twogroups, the first group is [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M₁], and the secondgroup is [M₁+1, M₁+2, . . . , M₂].

The first group of to-be-interleaved bits are written into the 1^(st)first interleaving unit column by column, and a write depth in each timeof writing is B₁ (that is, B₁ bits are written into each column). Eachtime writing into a column is completed, writing is performed intoanother column. After R number of columns are fully written, writing isperformed into the 2^(nd) first interleaving unit. This process isrepeated until all the M₁ bits are written. In this case, if there isstill a part that is not fully filled in the U₁ first interleavingunits, NULL is written at a position without a bit, to fully fill the U₁first interleaving units.

The second group of to-be-interleaved bits are written into the 1^(st)second interleaving unit column by column, and a write depth in eachtime of writing is B₂. Each time writing into a column is completed,writing is performed into another column. After R number of columns arefully written, writing is performed into the 2^(nd) second interleavingunit. This process is repeated until all the M₂ bits are written. Inthis case, if the second interleaving units are still not fully filled,NULL is written at a position without a bit, to fully fill the U₂ secondinterleaving units.

In some embodiments, before reading, row transformation may be performedon an interleaver. For example, transformation is performed by using abit reversal method or in an odd-even exchange manner.

The bits in the interleaving matrix are read, as an interleavedsequence, row by row during reading.

Alternatively, reading may be simultaneously performed from differentinterleaving units during reading. For example, reading is performeddownward row by row from left to right from a start point of the firstinterleaving unit, at the same time, reading is performed upward row byrow from right to left from an end point of the second interleavingunit. NULL is skipped during reading. After parallel-to-serialconversion is performed on bit sequences read from the firstinterleaving unit and the second interleaving unit, the bit sequencesare used as a final output interleaved sequence.

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 3, bits written into any row of the interleavingmatrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, and bits writteninto any column of the interleaving matrix are discontinuous in thefirst bit sequence either.

Manner 4

The L number of bits are written into interleaving units of aninterleaving matrix that have G interleaving depths. The interleavingmatrix includes one interleaving unit whose interleaving depth is B₁,one interleaving unit whose interleaving depth is B₂, . . . , and oneinterleaving unit whose interleaving depth is B_(G), where B₁, B₂, . . ., and B_(G) are positive integers.

In this embodiment, the quantity of columns of the interleaving matrixsatisfies that

$R = {\left\lceil {M/\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{G}B_{i}} \right)} \right\rceil.}$A quantity of bits allocated to an interleaving unit whose interleavingdepth is B_(i) satisfies that M_(i)=R×B_(i). When i=G, that is, when aquantity of bits of the last interleaving unit whose interleaving depthis B_(G) satisfies that

${M_{G} = {M - {\sum\limits_{i}^{G - 1}M_{i}}}},$a value of B may be 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, or the like.

For ease of understanding, the following describes an interleavingprocess in this embodiment by using an example in which G=2, that is,two interleaving units having two interleaving depths exist in theinterleaving matrix.

For the write rule described in the manner 4, refer to FIG. 10. FIG. 10shows another arrangement form of interleaving units having twointerleaving depths in an interleaving matrix. As shown in FIG. 10, theinterleaving matrix includes a first interleaving unit and a secondinterleaving unit. An interleaving depth of the first interleaving unitis denoted as B₁ below, and an interleaving depth of the secondinterleaving unit is denoted as B₂ below. B₁ and B₂ are positiveintegers. For example, B₁=5 and B₂=11. As shown in FIG. 10, in theinterleaving matrix, the first interleaving unit may be arranged first,and then the second interleaving unit is arranged.

In this embodiment, the total quantity R of columns of the interleavingmatrix may be determined by using an expression R=┌M/(B₁+B₂)┐. Aquantity of bits allocated to the first interleaving unit satisfies thatM₁=R×B₁, and a quantity of bits allocated to the second interleavingunit satisfies that M₂=M−M₁.

In some embodiments, the interleaving process may be expressed asfollows:

To-be-interleaved bits [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M] are divided into twogroups, the first group is [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M₁], and the secondgroup is [M₁+1, M₁+2, . . . , M₂]. The first group of to-be-interleavedbits are written into the first interleaving unit column by column, anda write depth in each time of writing is B₁ (that is, B₁ bits arewritten into each column). Each time writing into a column is completed,writing is performed into another column. This process is repeated untilall the M₁ bits are written into the first interleaving unit. In thiscase, if there is still a part that is not fully filled in the firstinterleaving unit, NULL is written at a position without a bit.

The second group of to-be-interleaved bits are written into the secondinterleaving unit column by column, and a write depth in each time ofwriting is B₂. Each time writing into a column is completed, writing isperformed into another column. This process is repeated until all the M₂bits are written into the second interleaving unit. In this case, if thesecond interleaving unit is still not fully filled, NULL is written at aposition without a bit.

The interleaving matrix is read row by row during reading.Alternatively, reading may be simultaneously performed row by row fromdifferent interleaving units. After parallel-to-serial conversion isperformed on read bits, the read bits are output as an interleavedsequence (that is, the second bit sequence).

When reading is performed row by row, directions of row-by-row readingmay be different. One row may be read from left to right, and all rowsare read from top to bottom. Another row is read from right to left, andall rows are read from bottom to top.

Similar to the manner 3, row transformation may be performed on theinterleaving matrix before reading. For example, row transformation isperformed by using a bit reversal method or in an odd-even exchangemanner.

According to the write rule and the read rule that are described in themanner 4, parallel reading and writing may be performed for interleavingunits having various interleaving depths, to improve an interleavingspeed.

It may be understood that in the manner 4, interleaving mayalternatively be performed in a “row-in-column-out” manner. FIG. 11 is aschematic diagram showing that the first bit sequence is written, byrow, into interleaving units having two interleaving depths.

A process of performing writing by row may be expressed as follows:

To-be-interleaved bits [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M] are divided into twogroups, the first group is [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , Mt], and the secondgroup is [M₁+1, M₁+2, . . . , M₂].

The first group of to-be-interleaved bits are written into a firstinterleaving unit row by row, and a write depth in each time of writingis B₁. This process is repeated until the first group of M₁to-be-interleaved bits are all written. If the first interleaving unithas a part that is not fully filled, NULL is written at a positionwithout a bit.

The second group of to-be-interleaved bits are written into a secondinterleaving unit row by row, and a write depth in each time of writingis B₂. This process is repeated until the second group of M₂to-be-interleaved bits are all written. If the second interleaving unithas a part that is not fully filled, NULL is written at a positionwithout a bit.

For a read manner, refer to FIG. 12. FIG. 12 shows an example of theread rule. Reading is performed column by column from left to right.

During reading, parallel reading may be performed from two interleavingunits having different interleaving depths. One of implementations isshown in FIG. 13. FIG. 13 shows an example of a parallel read mode ofinterleaving units having different interleaving depths. As shown inFIG. 13, reading is performed from a start point of a first interleavingunit rightward column by column from top to bottom, and at the sametime, reading is performed from a start point of a second interleavingunit leftward column by column from bottom to top. NULL is skippedduring reading. After parallel-to-serial conversion is performed on readdata, the read data is used as an output interleaved sequence.

In some embodiments, before reading, column transformation may beperformed on an interleaver. The column transformation includes odd-evenexchange, bit reversal transformation, and the like.

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 4, bits written into any row of the interleavingmatrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, and bits writteninto any column of the interleaving matrix are discontinuous in thefirst bit sequence either.

Manner 5

The L number of bits are written into the interleaving matrix column bycolumn, and a quantity of bits written into each column is different.

FIG. 14 shows still another example of the write rule. As shown in FIG.14, the L number of bits are written into the interleaving matrix columnby column, two bits are written into the first column, four bits arewritten into the second column, eight bits are written into the thirdcolumn, 16 bits are written into the fourth column, and 32 bits arewritten into the fifth column.

In this embodiment, the total quantity of rows of the interleavingmatrix is equal to a quantity of bits written into a column that has alargest quantity of written bits. For example, when the L number of bitsare written into the interleaving matrix, if B₁ bits are written intothe first column, B₂ bits are written into the second column, . . . ,and B_(C) bits are written in the last column, the quantity of rows ofthe interleaving matrix is equal to B_(C). From another perspective,B₁+B₂+ . . . +B_(C)=L. B₁, B₂, . . . , and B_(C) are positive integers.

In the manner 5, a method for determining the quantity of columns of theinterleaving matrix is as follows:

If a length of a sequence written into the interleaving matrix is thelength M after rate matching, the quantity of columns satisfies that

${R = {\min\limits_{C}\left( {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{C}B_{i}} \geq M} \right)}};$or if a length of a sequence written into the interleaving matrix is thelength N before rate matching, the quantity of columns satisfies that

$R = {\min\limits_{C}{\left( {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{C}B_{i}} \geq N} \right).}}$

In this embodiment, the quantity of bits written into each column isdifferent, and the quantity of bits written into each column of theinterleaving matrix may be obtained from an odd sequence, an evensequence, or a prime sequence.

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 5, bits written into at least one row of theinterleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, and atleast two columns of the interleaving matrix have different quantitiesof written bits.

Manner 6

The L number of bits are written into the interleaving matrix in nrounds, writing is performed into at least one column of theinterleaving matrix in each round, and a quantity of bits written intoeach column in each round is different.

FIG. 15 shows yet another example of the write rule. As shown in FIG.15, writing is performed into five columns of the interleaving matrix inthe first round, and quantities of bits written into the first column tothe fifth column are respectively 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32. Writing isperformed into the first column to the fourth column of the interleavingmatrix in the second round, and quantities of bits written into thefirst column to the fourth column are respectively 2, 4, 8, 16. Writingis performed into the first column to the third column of theinterleaving matrix in the third round, and quantities of bits writteninto the first column to the third column are respectively 4, 8, and 16.Writing is performed into the first column and the second column of theinterleaving matrix in the fourth round, and quantities of bits writteninto the first column and the second column are respectively 8 and 16.Writing is performed into the first column of the interleaving matrix inthe fifth round, and a quantity of written bits is 16.

In this embodiment, a maximum quantity of bits that can be written intoone column satisfies that B_(max)=2^(┌log) ² ^(M┐-1), and the totalquantity of columns of the interleaving matrix satisfies that R=log₂B_(max).

A method for determining the quantity C of rows of the interleavingmatrix is:

If a length of a sequence written into the interleaving matrix is thelength M after rate matching, C=max(B_(max),┌M/R┐).

If a length of a sequence written into the interleaving matrix is thelength N before rate matching, C=max(B_(max),┌M/R┐).

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 6, bits written into at least one row of theinterleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, andbits written into at least one column of the interleaving matrix arediscontinuous in the first bit sequence either.

Manner 7

The L number of bits are written into the interleaving matrix column bycolumn, at least two columns have different quantities of written bits,and a quantity of bits written into each column is an exponential powerof 2.

FIG. 16 shows yet another example of the write rule. For example, L=128,and quantities of bits written into the first column to the fifth columnare respectively 2, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 32.

In this embodiment, the total quantity of rows of the interleavingmatrix is equal to a quantity of bits written into a column that has alargest quantity of written bits. For details, refer to the descriptionof determining the quantity of rows of the interleaving matrix in themanner 5.

A method for determining the quantity of columns is as follows:

If a length of a written sequence is the length M after rate matching,the quantity of columns satisfies that R=┌log₂(M)┐+1. If a length of awritten sequence is the length N before rate matching, the quantity ofcolumns satisfies that R=┌log₂(N)┐+1.

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 7, bits written into at least one row of theinterleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, and atleast two columns of the interleaving matrix have different quantitiesof written bits.

Manner 8

The L number of bits are written into the interleaving matrix column bycolumn, a quantity of bits written into each column is not completelyequal, and a quantity of bits written into each column of theinterleaving matrix may be an odd sequence or a prime sequence.

In this embodiment, the total quantity of rows of the interleavingmatrix is equal to a quantity C of constellation points, and a methodfor determining the quantity R of columns is as follows:

If a length of a written sequence is the length M after rate matching,the quantity of columns satisfies that

$R = {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{R}B_{i}} = {M.}}$If a length of a written sequence is the length N before rate matching,the quantity of columns satisfies that

$R = {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{R}B_{i}} = {N.}}$

After the L number of bits included in the first bit sequence arewritten into the interleaving matrix according to the write ruledescribed in the manner 8, bits written into at least one row of theinterleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bit sequence, and atleast two columns of the interleaving matrix have different quantitiesof written bits.

Manner 9

When the L number of bits are written into the interleaving matrix,write directions of any two rounds of writing may be the same or may bedifferent.

When writing is performed by column, writing performed into one columnof an interleaving unit each time is considered as one round of writing.When writing is performed by row, writing performed into one row of aninterleaving unit each time is considered as one round of writing.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a write direction. In FIG. 17,interleaving units corresponding to B₁, B₂, and B₃ each occupy four rowsand eight columns of the interleaving matrix. When the L number of bitsare written into the interleaving matrix, a write direction for eachcolumn of the interleaving unit corresponding to B₁ is from top tobottom, a write direction for each column of the interleaving unitcorresponding to B₂ is from bottom to top, and a write direction foreach column of the interleaving unit corresponding to B₃ is from top tobottom. B₁, B₂, and B₃ are positive integers.

The write direction shown in FIG. 17 is merely used as an example. Itmay be understood that in the various write rules described above, writedirections in any two rounds of writing may be the same or different.

In the description in the manner 9, regardless of whether the L numberof bits of the first bit sequence are written into the interleavingmatrix by row or by column, write directions in any two rounds ofwriting may be the same or different. Correlation between a bit sequencebefore interleaving and a bit sequence after interleaving is furtherreduced in this manner, and interleaving performance can be improved.

Manner 10

The L number of bits are written into Z interleaving units for separateinterleaving, and outputs of the Z interleaving units are combined toobtain the second bit sequence.

To-be-interleaved bits are divided into Z segments, and the Z segmentsof bits respectively enter Z interleaving units with differentinterleaving depths for interleaving. Then, outputs of the interleavingunits are combined to obtain an interleaved sequence (that is, thesecond bit sequence).

Combination methods include a parallel-in serial-out (Parallel-In,Serial-Out, PISO) shift register, cascade data odd-even interleaving,cascade data bit reversal interleaving, and the like. Commoninterleaving depths include 5, 7, 9, 11, and the like.

An interleaving process of the manner 10 is described by using Z=2 as anexample. In the following, the two interleaving units having differentinterleaving depths are denoted as a first interleaving unit and asecond interleaving unit, the interleaving depths are denoted as B₁ andB₂, and lengths of the two segments of bits are denoted as M₁ and M₂.B₁, B₂, M₁, and M₂ are positive integers.

M₁=┌M/2┐ and M₂=M−M₁; or M₁=┌M/2┐+1 and M₂=M−M₁. A quantity of rows ofthe first interleaving unit satisfies that C₁=┌M₁/B₁┐, and a quantity ofrows of the second interleaving unit satisfies that C₂=┌M₂/B₂┐.

The depths B₁ and B₂ of the two interleavers may be respectively 5 and11, 5 and 7, or 7 and 11.

In some embodiments, the interleaving process may be expressed asfollows:

To-be-interleaved bits [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M] are divided into twogroups, the first group is [1, 2, 3, 4, . . . , M₁], and the secondgroup is [M₁+1, M₁+2, . . . , M₂]. The first group of to-be-interleavedbits are written into the first interleaving unit row by row, and NULLis written at a position without a bit. The second group ofto-be-interleaved bits are written into the second interleaving unit rowby row, and NULL is written at a position without a bit.

Bits are read from the two interleaving units column by column, and thentwo groups of read bits are combined. NULL is skipped in a readingprocess. A combination manner may be:

(1) splicing the two groups of bits into a bit sequence whose length isM, and then finishing rearrangement and combination by performing bitreversal on numbers; or

(2) alternately outputting one bit each time from the two interleavingunits until output of the two interleaving units are both completed; or

(3) finishing combination directly through PISO parallel-to-serialconversion.

The L number of bits included in the first bit sequence are written intothe interleaving matrix according to the write rule described in themanner 10, and bits written into at least one row and at least onecolumn of the interleaving matrix are discontinuous in the first bitsequence.

Manner 11

The L number of bits are divided into n segments, and the n segments ofbits are respectively written into n interleaving units. Then, the ninterleaving units are spliced in a column direction, and finally, aplurality of rectangular spliced blocks that are spliced in the columndirection are read. Interleaving depths of the n interleaving units aredifferent from each other.

This embodiment is described by using n=2 as an example. That is,to-be-interleaved bits are separately written into two interleavingunits for interleaving. In the following, the two interleaving unitshaving different interleaving depths are denoted as a first interleavingunit and a second interleaving unit.

An interleaving process may be expressed as follows:

The to-be-interleaved bits are divided into two segments, the twosegments of bits are respectively written into the first interleavingunit and the second interleaving unit row by row, and NULL is writteninto a part that is not fully filled in each interleaving unit.

Lengths of the two segments of bits may be respectively: M₁=┌M/2┐ andM₂=M−M₁; or M₁=┌M/2┐+1 and M₂=M−M₁. A quantity of rows of the firstinterleaving unit satisfies that C₁=┌M₁/B₁┐, and a quantity of rows ofthe second interleaving unit satisfies that C₂=┌M₂/B₂┐.

The two interleaving units are spliced in a column direction.

For a splicing process in this embodiment, refer to FIG. 18. FIG. 18 isa schematic diagram of splicing of interleaving units having twointerleaving depths. In FIG. 18, solid lines represent performingwriting row by row, and dashed lines represent performing reading columnby column.

The first bit sequence is written, according to the write rule describedin the manner 11, into spliced blocks of a plurality of interleavingunits having different interleaving depths. Bits written into at leastone column of the spliced blocks are discontinuous in the first bitsequence.

In some embodiments, row transformation, such as bit reversal exchangeor odd-even exchange, may be performed on the interleaving matrix beforereading. NULL is skipped during reading.

It may be understood that because sizes of the rectangular splicedblocks are different from each other, row transformation may beperformed only on a min(R1, R2, . . . , Rn) column.

In the foregoing embodiments, how to write the to-be-interleaved bitsequence (that is, the first bit sequence) into the interleaving matrixis described in detail. The following describes the read rule in thisembodiment. The following read rule is applicable to reading in anyembodiment in which writing is performed into the interleaving matrixaccording to the write rule.

In this embodiment, there are a plurality of read rules. For example:

(1) Reading is performed from left to right row by row.

(2) Reading is performed from right to left row by row.

(3) Reading is performed from left to right in an odd row, and readingis performed from right to left in an even row.

(4) Each row has a same read direction and a different read start point.In this case, the read start point of each row may be determined basedon a read function, or may be determined by a cyclic shift register.

In addition, for some write rules, for clear description of thesolutions, read rules applicable to the solutions are described afterthe respective write rules, for example, the manner 3, the manner 4, themanner 10, and the manner 11. In other words, in addition to the commonread rules described herein, the manner 3, the manner 4, the manner 10,and the manner 11 may be applicable to read rules designed forrespective write rules, to improve interleaving performance.

It should be noted that in a reading process, if a length of a bitsequence written into the interleaving matrix is the length N beforerate matching, a position with NULL, a punctured (punctured) position,or a shortened (shorten) position needs to be skipped. If a length of abit sequence written into the interleaving matrix is the length M afterrate matching, a position with NULL needs to be skipped. This isapplicable to any writing above.

In some embodiments, in this embodiment, after the L number of bits arewritten into the interleaving matrix, column exchange may be furtherperformed on the interleaving matrix. Manners of column exchange mayinclude odd-even exchange, bit reversal, fixed column transformation,column transformation that is performed based on a predefined transformfunction, and the like.

For example, an original order of column numbers is [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8], aresult of odd-even exchange is [2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7], and a result of bitreversal is [1 5 3 7 2 6 4 8].

In any one of the foregoing writing manners, column transformation maybe performed after writing is finished, and then reading is performed.

The following provides an interleaved sequence obtained by performinginterleaving according to the method in the embodiments of thisapplication. The interleaved sequence obtained by using the manners inthe foregoing embodiments is not limited to sequences listed below.

It should be understood that the interleaved sequence described hereinis the second bit sequence obtained by reading, according to the readrule, the L number of bits written into the interleaving matrix.

When 64QAM is used, for a polar code construction sequence whose codelength is 1024, an interleaved sequence of the polar code constructionsequence may be a sequence #1 shown below:

A polarized channel index (or referred to as a polarized channel number)in the sequence #1 starts from 0. If the polarized channel index startsfrom 1, a sequence number may be obtained by adding 1 to the entiresequence #1.

Sequence #1

[1023, 1007, 991, 975, 959, 943, 927, 911, 895, 879, 863, 847, 831, 815,799, 783, 767, 751, 735, 719, 703, 687, 671, 655, 639, 623, 607, 591,575, 559, 543, 527, 1015, 999, 983, 967, 951, 935, 919, 903, 887, 871,855, 839, 823, 807, 791, 775, 759, 743, 727, 711, 695, 679, 663, 647,631, 615, 599, 583, 567, 551, 535, 519, 1019, 1003, 987, 971, 955, 939,923, 907, 891, 875, 859, 843, 827, 811, 795, 779, 763, 747, 731, 715,699, 683, 667, 651, 635, 619, 603, 587, 571, 555, 539, 523, 1011, 995,979, 963, 947, 931, 915, 899, 883, 867, 851, 835, 819, 803, 787, 771,755, 739, 723, 707, 691, 675, 659, 643, 627, 611, 595, 579, 563, 547,531, 515, 1021, 1005, 989, 973, 957, 941, 925, 909, 893, 877, 861, 845,829, 813, 797, 781, 765, 749, 733, 717, 701, 685, 669, 653, 637, 621,605, 589, 573, 557, 541, 525, 1013, 997, 981, 965, 949, 933, 917, 901,885, 869, 853, 837, 821, 805, 789, 773, 757, 741, 725, 709, 693, 677,661, 645, 629, 613, 597, 581, 565, 549, 533, 517, 1017, 1001, 985, 969,953, 937, 921, 905, 889, 873, 857, 841, 825, 809, 793, 777, 761, 745,729, 713, 697, 681, 665, 649, 633, 617, 601, 585, 569, 553, 537, 521,1009, 993, 977, 961, 945, 929, 913, 897, 881, 865, 849, 833, 817, 801,785, 769, 753, 737, 721, 705, 689, 673, 657, 641, 625, 609, 593, 577,561, 545, 529, 513, 1022, 1006, 990, 974, 958, 942, 926, 910, 894, 878,862, 846, 830, 814, 798, 782, 766, 750, 734, 718, 702, 686, 670, 654,638, 622, 606, 590, 574, 558, 542, 526, 1014, 998, 982, 966, 950, 934,918, 902, 886, 870, 854, 838, 822, 806, 790, 774, 758, 742, 726, 710,694, 678, 662, 646, 630, 614, 598, 582, 566, 550, 534, 518, 1018, 1002,986, 970, 954, 938, 922, 906, 890, 874, 858, 842, 826, 810, 794, 778,762, 746, 730, 714, 698, 682, 666, 650, 634, 618, 602, 586, 570, 554,538, 522, 1010, 994, 978, 962, 946, 930, 914, 898, 882, 866, 850, 834,818, 802, 786, 770, 754, 738, 722, 706, 690, 674, 658, 642, 626, 610,594, 578, 562, 546, 530, 514, 1020, 1004, 988, 972, 956, 940, 924, 908,892, 876, 860, 844, 828, 812, 796, 780, 764, 748, 732, 716, 700, 684,668, 652, 636, 620, 604, 588, 572, 556, 540, 524, 1012, 996, 980, 964,948, 932, 916, 900, 884, 868, 852, 836, 820, 804, 788, 772, 756, 740,724, 708, 692, 676, 660, 644, 628, 612, 596, 580, 564, 548, 532, 516,1016, 1000, 984, 968, 952, 936, 920, 904, 888, 872, 856, 840, 824, 808,792, 776, 760, 744, 728, 712, 696, 680, 664, 648, 632, 616, 600, 584,568, 552, 536, 520, 1008, 992, 976, 960, 944, 928, 912, 896, 880, 864,848, 832, 816, 800, 784, 768, 752, 736, 720, 704, 688, 672, 656, 640,624, 608, 592, 576, 560, 544, 528, 512, 511, 495, 479, 463, 447, 431,415, 399, 383, 367, 351, 335, 319, 303, 287, 271, 255, 239, 223, 207,191, 175, 159, 143, 127, 111, 95, 79, 63, 47, 31, 15, 503, 487, 471,455, 439, 423, 407, 391, 375, 359, 343, 327, 311, 295, 279, 263, 247,231, 215, 199, 183, 167, 151, 135, 119, 103, 87, 71, 55, 39, 23, 7, 507,491, 475, 459, 443, 427, 411, 395, 379, 363, 347, 331, 315, 299, 283,267, 251, 235, 219, 203, 187, 171, 155, 139, 123, 107, 91, 75, 59, 43,27, 11, 499, 483, 467, 451, 435, 419, 403, 387, 371, 355, 339, 323, 307,291, 275, 259, 243, 227, 211, 195, 179, 163, 147, 131, 115, 99, 83, 67,51, 35, 19, 3, 509, 493, 477, 461, 445, 429, 413, 397, 381, 365, 349,333, 317, 301, 285, 269, 253, 237, 221, 205, 189, 173, 157, 141, 125,109, 93, 77, 61, 45, 29, 13, 501, 485, 469, 453, 437, 421, 405, 389,373, 357, 341, 325, 309, 293, 277, 261, 245, 229, 213, 197, 181, 165,149, 133, 117, 101, 85, 69, 53, 37, 21, 5, 505, 489, 473, 457, 441, 425,409, 393, 377, 361, 345, 329, 313, 297, 281, 265, 249, 233, 217, 201,185, 169, 153, 137, 121, 105, 89, 73, 57, 41, 25, 9, 497, 481, 465, 449,433, 417, 401, 385, 369, 353, 337, 321, 305, 289, 273, 257, 241, 225,209, 193, 177, 161, 145, 129, 113, 97, 81, 65, 49, 33, 17, 1, 510, 494,478, 462, 446, 430, 414, 398, 382, 366, 350, 334, 318, 302, 286, 270,254, 238, 222, 206, 190, 174, 158, 142, 126, 110, 94, 78, 62, 46, 30,14, 502, 486, 470, 454, 438, 422, 406, 390, 374, 358, 342, 326, 310,294, 278, 262, 246, 230, 214, 198, 182, 166, 150, 134, 118, 102, 86, 70,54, 38, 22, 6, 506, 490, 474, 458, 442, 426, 410, 394, 378, 362, 346,330, 314, 298, 282, 266, 250, 234, 218, 202, 186, 170, 154, 138, 122,106, 90, 74, 58, 42, 26, 10, 498, 482, 466, 450, 434, 418, 402, 386,370, 354, 338, 322, 306, 290, 274, 258, 242, 226, 210, 194, 178, 162,146, 130, 114, 98, 82, 66, 50, 34, 18, 2, 508, 492, 476, 460, 444, 428,412, 396, 380, 364, 348, 332, 316, 300, 284, 268, 252, 236, 220, 204,188, 172, 156, 140, 124, 108, 92, 76, 60, 44, 28, 12, 500, 484, 468,452, 436, 420, 404, 388, 372, 356, 340, 324, 308, 292, 276, 260, 244,228, 212, 196, 180, 164, 148, 132, 116, 100, 84, 68, 52, 36, 20, 4, 504,488, 472, 456, 440, 424, 408, 392, 376, 360, 344, 328, 312, 296, 280,264, 248, 232, 216, 200, 184, 168, 152, 136, 120, 104, 88, 72, 56, 40,24, 8, 496, 480, 464, 448, 432, 416, 400, 384, 368, 352, 336, 320, 304,288, 272, 256, 240, 224, 208, 192, 176, 160, 144, 128, 112, 96, 80, 64,48, 32, 16, 0]

The sequence #1 is left-right symmetric, and an interleaved sequenceafter flipping is the same, for example, a sequence #2 shown below:

Sequence #2

[0, 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224, 240,256, 272, 288, 304, 320, 336, 352, 368, 384, 400, 416, 432, 448, 464,480, 496, 8, 24, 40, 56, 72, 88, 104, 120, 136, 152, 168, 184, 200, 216,232, 248, 264, 280, 296, 312, 328, 344, 360, 376, 392, 408, 424, 440,456, 472, 488, 504, 4, 20, 36, 52, 68, 84, 100, 116, 132, 148, 164, 180,196, 212, 228, 244, 260, 276, 292, 308, 324, 340, 356, 372, 388, 404,420, 436, 452, 468, 484, 500, 12, 28, 44, 60, 76, 92, 108, 124, 140,156, 172, 188, 204, 220, 236, 252, 268, 284, 300, 316, 332, 348, 364,380, 396, 412, 428, 444, 460, 476, 492, 508, 2, 18, 34, 50, 66, 82, 98,114, 130, 146, 162, 178, 194, 210, 226, 242, 258, 274, 290, 306, 322,338, 354, 370, 386, 402, 418, 434, 450, 466, 482, 498, 10, 26, 42, 58,74, 90, 106, 122, 138, 154, 170, 186, 202, 218, 234, 250, 266, 282, 298,314, 330, 346, 362, 378, 394, 410, 426, 442, 458, 474, 490, 506, 6, 22,38, 54, 70, 86, 102, 118, 134, 150, 166, 182, 198, 214, 230, 246, 262,278, 294, 310, 326, 342, 358, 374, 390, 406, 422, 438, 454, 470, 486,502, 14, 30, 46, 62, 78, 94, 110, 126, 142, 158, 174, 190, 206, 222,238, 254, 270, 286, 302, 318, 334, 350, 366, 382, 398, 414, 430, 446,462, 478, 494, 510, 1, 17, 33, 49, 65, 81, 97, 113, 129, 145, 161, 177,193, 209, 225, 241, 257, 273, 289, 305, 321, 337, 353, 369, 385, 401,417, 433, 449, 465, 481, 497, 9, 25, 41, 57, 73, 89, 105, 121, 137, 153,169, 185, 201, 217, 233, 249, 265, 281, 297, 313, 329, 345, 361, 377,393, 409, 425, 441, 457, 473, 489, 505, 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117,133, 149, 165, 181, 197, 213, 229, 245, 261, 277, 293, 309, 325, 341,357, 373, 389, 405, 421, 437, 453, 469, 485, 501, 13, 29, 45, 61, 77,93, 109, 125, 141, 157, 173, 189, 205, 221, 237, 253, 269, 285, 301,317, 333, 349, 365, 381, 397, 413, 429, 445, 461, 477, 493, 509, 3, 19,35, 51, 67, 83, 99, 115, 131, 147, 163, 179, 195, 211, 227, 243, 259,275, 291, 307, 323, 339, 355, 371, 387, 403, 419, 435, 451, 467, 483,499, 11, 27, 43, 59, 75, 91, 107, 123, 139, 155, 171, 187, 203, 219,235, 251, 267, 283, 299, 315, 331, 347, 363, 379, 395, 411, 427, 443,459, 475, 491, 507, 7, 23, 39, 55, 71, 87, 103, 119, 135, 151, 167, 183,199, 215, 231, 247, 263, 279, 295, 311, 327, 343, 359, 375, 391, 407,423, 439, 455, 471, 487, 503, 15, 31, 47, 63, 79, 95, 111, 127, 143,159, 175, 191, 207, 223, 239, 255, 271, 287, 303, 319, 335, 351, 367,383, 399, 415, 431, 447, 463, 479, 495, 511, 512, 528, 544, 560, 576,592, 608, 624, 640, 656, 672, 688, 704, 720, 736, 752, 768, 784, 800,816, 832, 848, 864, 880, 896, 912, 928, 944, 960, 976, 992, 1008, 520,536, 552, 568, 584, 600, 616, 632, 648, 664, 680, 696, 712, 728, 744,760, 776, 792, 808, 824, 840, 856, 872, 888, 904, 920, 936, 952, 968,984, 1000, 1016, 516, 532, 548, 564, 580, 596, 612, 628, 644, 660, 676,692, 708, 724, 740, 756, 772, 788, 804, 820, 836, 852, 868, 884, 900,916, 932, 948, 964, 980, 996, 1012, 524, 540, 556, 572, 588, 604, 620,636, 652, 668, 684, 700, 716, 732, 748, 764, 780, 796, 812, 828, 844,860, 876, 892, 908, 924, 940, 956, 972, 988, 1004, 1020, 514, 530, 546,562, 578, 594, 610, 626, 642, 658, 674, 690, 706, 722, 738, 754, 770,786, 802, 818, 834, 850, 866, 882, 898, 914, 930, 946, 962, 978, 994,1010, 522, 538, 554, 570, 586, 602, 618, 634, 650, 666, 682, 698, 714,730, 746, 762, 778, 794, 810, 826, 842, 858, 874, 890, 906, 922, 938,954, 970, 986, 1002, 1018, 518, 534, 550, 566, 582, 598, 614, 630, 646,662, 678, 694, 710, 726, 742, 758, 774, 790, 806, 822, 838, 854, 870,886, 902, 918, 934, 950, 966, 982, 998, 1014, 526, 542, 558, 574, 590,606, 622, 638, 654, 670, 686, 702, 718, 734, 750, 766, 782, 798, 814,830, 846, 862, 878, 894, 910, 926, 942, 958, 974, 990, 1006, 1022, 513,529, 545, 561, 577, 593, 609, 625, 641, 657, 673, 689, 705, 721, 737,753, 769, 785, 801, 817, 833, 849, 865, 881, 897, 913, 929, 945, 961,977, 993, 1009, 521, 537, 553, 569, 585, 601, 617, 633, 649, 665, 681,697, 713, 729, 745, 761, 777, 793, 809, 825, 841, 857, 873, 889, 905,921, 937, 953, 969, 985, 1001, 1017, 517, 533, 549, 565, 581, 597, 613,629, 645, 661, 677, 693, 709, 725, 741, 757, 773, 789, 805, 821, 837,853, 869, 885, 901, 917, 933, 949, 965, 981, 997, 1013, 525, 541, 557,573, 589, 605, 621, 637, 653, 669, 685, 701, 717, 733, 749, 765, 781,797, 813, 829, 845, 861, 877, 893, 909, 925, 941, 957, 973, 989, 1005,1021, 515, 531, 547, 563, 579, 595, 611, 627, 643, 659, 675, 691, 707,723, 739, 755, 771, 787, 803, 819, 835, 851, 867, 883, 899, 915, 931,947, 963, 979, 995, 1011, 523, 539, 555, 571, 587, 603, 619, 635, 651,667, 683, 699, 715, 731, 747, 763, 779, 795, 811, 827, 843, 859, 875,891, 907, 923, 939, 955, 971, 987, 1003, 1019, 519, 535, 551, 567, 583,599, 615, 631, 647, 663, 679, 695, 711, 727, 743, 759, 775, 791, 807,823, 839, 855, 871, 887, 903, 919, 935, 951, 967, 983, 999, 1015, 527,543, 559, 575, 591, 607, 623, 639, 655, 671, 687, 703, 719, 735, 751,767, 783, 799, 815, 831, 847, 863, 879, 895, 911, 927, 943, 959, 975,991, 1007, 1023]

For an interleaved sequence of a polar code construction sequence havingany mother code length, an index whose polarized channel number is lessthan (less than or equal to when the polarized channel index startsfrom 1) a required length may be directly read from the sequence #1 orthe sequence #2 .

For example, an interleaved sequence of a construction sequence whosemother code length is N=512 is shown in the following sequence #3 :

Sequence #3

[511, 495, 479, 463, 447, 431, 415, 399, 383, 367, 351, 335, 319, 303,287, 271, 255, 239, 223, 207, 191, 175, 159, 143, 127, 111, 95, 79, 63,47, 31, 15, 503, 487, 471, 455, 439, 423, 407, 391, 375, 359, 343, 327,311, 295, 279, 263, 247, 231, 215, 199, 183, 167, 151, 135, 119, 103,87, 71, 55, 39, 23, 7, 507, 491, 475, 459, 443, 427, 411, 395, 379, 363,347, 331, 315, 299, 283, 267, 251, 235, 219, 203, 187, 171, 155, 139,123, 107, 91, 75, 59, 43, 27, 11, 499, 483, 467, 451, 435, 419, 403,387, 371, 355, 339, 323, 307, 291, 275, 259, 243, 227, 211, 195, 179,163, 147, 131, 115, 99, 83, 67, 51, 35, 19, 3, 509, 493, 477, 461, 445,429, 413, 397, 381, 365, 349, 333, 317, 301, 285, 269, 253, 237, 221,205, 189, 173, 157, 141, 125, 109, 93, 77, 61, 45, 29, 13, 501, 485,469, 453, 437, 421, 405, 389, 373, 357, 341, 325, 309, 293, 277, 261,245, 229, 213, 197, 181, 165, 149, 133, 117, 101, 85, 69, 53, 37, 21, 5,505, 489, 473, 457, 441, 425, 409, 393, 377, 361, 345, 329, 313, 297,281, 265, 249, 233, 217, 201, 185, 169, 153, 137, 121, 105, 89, 73, 57,41, 25, 9, 497, 481, 465, 449, 433, 417, 401, 385, 369, 353, 337, 321,305, 289, 273, 257, 241, 225, 209, 193, 177, 161, 145, 129, 113, 97, 81,65, 49, 33, 17, 1, 510, 494, 478, 462, 446, 430, 414, 398, 382, 366,350, 334, 318, 302, 286, 270, 254, 238, 222, 206, 190, 174, 158, 142,126, 110, 94, 78, 62, 46, 30, 14, 502, 486, 470, 454, 438, 422, 406,390, 374, 358, 342, 326, 310, 294, 278, 262, 246, 230, 214, 198, 182,166, 150, 134, 118, 102, 86, 70, 54, 38, 22, 6, 506, 490, 474, 458, 442,426, 410, 394, 378, 362, 346, 330, 314, 298, 282, 266, 250, 234, 218,202, 186, 170, 154, 138, 122, 106, 90, 74, 58, 42, 26, 10, 498, 482,466, 450, 434, 418, 402, 386, 370, 354, 338, 322, 306, 290, 274, 258,242, 226, 210, 194, 178, 162, 146, 130, 114, 98, 82, 66, 50, 34, 18, 2,508, 492, 476, 460, 444, 428, 412, 396, 380, 364, 348, 332, 316, 300,284, 268, 252, 236, 220, 204, 188, 172, 156, 140, 124, 108, 92, 76, 60,44, 28, 12, 500, 484, 468, 452, 436, 420, 404, 388, 372, 356, 340, 324,308, 292, 276, 260, 244, 228, 212, 196, 180, 164, 148, 132, 116, 100,84, 68, 52, 36, 20, 4, 504, 488, 472, 456, 440, 424, 408, 392, 376, 360,344, 328, 312, 296, 280, 264, 248, 232, 216, 200, 184, 168, 152, 136,120, 104, 88, 72, 56, 40, 24, 8, 496, 480, 464, 448, 432, 416, 400, 384,368, 352, 336, 320, 304, 288, 272, 256, 240, 224, 208, 192, 176, 160,144, 128, 112, 96, 80, 64, 48, 32, 16, 0]

An interleaved sequence having another mother code length may beobtained by using the same method, and details are not described one byone herein again.

After the interleaved sequence is obtained, when a coding length is notequal to the mother code length, a number of a polarized channel thatneeds to be punctured or shortened is removed from the interleavedsequence.

When 16QAM is used, for a polar code construction sequence whose codelength is 1024, an interleaved sequence of the polar code constructionsequence may be a sequence #4 shown below:

Sequence #4

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Similar to that when 64QAM is used, an interleaved sequence of aconstruction sequence having any mother code length may be read from thelength sequence #4 . Details are not described one by one herein.

The following provides a possible interleaved sequence of a constructionsequence whose length is N=1024, as shown in the following sequence #5 :

Sequence #5

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Similarly, all interleaved sequences of a mother code sequence less than1024 may be read from the sequence #5 , and details are not describedherein again.

In the embodiments of this application, by using the quasi periodicityof the polar code, error correction performance of an interleavedsequence designed based on row-column interleaving is similar to or evenhigher than that of random interleaving, and the error correctionperformance of the polar code used for channel coding can be improvedwithout increasing interleaving complexity.

The interleaving method provided in this application is described abovein detail with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 18. The following describesan interleaving apparatus provided in an embodiment of this application.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of an interleaving apparatus 500according to this application. As shown in FIG. 19, the apparatus 500includes a transceiver unit 510 and a processing unit 520.

The transceiver unit 510 is configured to obtain a first bit sequence,where the first bit sequence includes L number of bits, and L is apositive integer.

The processing unit 520 is configured to write the L number of bits intoan interleaving matrix according to a preset write rule, where theinterleaving matrix includes C rows and R number of columns, and C and Rare positive integers.

The processing unit 520 is further configured to read the L number ofbits from the interleaving matrix according to a preset read rule, toobtain a second bit sequence.

The transceiver unit 510 is further configured to send the second bitsequence.

The foregoing and other operations or functions of the units in theapparatus 500 in this embodiment are separately used to implement theinterleaving method in various embodiments described herein. Forbrevity, details are not repeated.

According to the interleaving apparatus in this embodiment, by usingquasi periodicity of a polar code, error correction performance of thepolar code used for channel coding can be improved without increasinginterleaving complexity.

FIG. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of an interleaving device 700according to this application. As shown in FIG. 20, the device 700includes: one or more processors 701, one or more memories 702, and oneor more transceivers 703. The processor 701 is configured to control thetransceiver 703 to send or receive a signal. The memory 702 isconfigured to store a computer program. The processor 701 is configuredto invoke the computer program from the memory 702 and run the computerprogram, so that the device 700 performs corresponding procedures and/oroperations in various embodiments of the interleaving method. Forbrevity, details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that the apparatus 500 shown in FIG. 19 may beimplemented by the device 700 shown in FIG. 20. For example, thereceiving unit 510 may be implemented by the transceiver 703 in FIG. 20.The processing unit 520 may be implemented by the processor 701, and soon.

The interleaving device herein may be the network device or the terminaldevice (for example, the terminal device #1 or the terminal device #2)shown in FIG. 1. Specifically, during uplink transmission, theinterleaving device is specifically a terminal device, and the terminaldevice has functions of implementing the interleaving method describedin the foregoing embodiments. These functions may be implemented byhardware, or may be implemented by hardware executing correspondingsoftware. The hardware or the software includes one or more unitscorresponding to the foregoing functions. During downlink transmission,the interleaving device is specifically a network device (for example, abase station), and the network device has functions of implementing theinterleaving method described in the foregoing embodiments. Similarly,these functions may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented byhardware executing corresponding software. The hardware or the softwareincludes one or more units corresponding to the functions.

When the interleaving device 700 is specifically a terminal device, astructure of the terminal device may be shown in FIG. 21. FIG. 21 is aschematic structural diagram of a terminal device 800 according to thisapplication.

As shown in FIG. 21, terminal device 800 includes a transceiver 808 anda processor 804. The terminal device 800 may further include a memory819, and the memory 819 stores a computer-executable instruction.

The transceiver 808 is configured to obtain a first bit sequence, wherethe first bit sequence includes L number of bits, and L is a positiveinteger.

The processor 804 is configured to: write the first bit sequence into aninterleaving matrix according to a preset write rule, and read the Lnumber of bits according to a preset read rule, to obtain a second bitsequence, where the second bit sequence includes L number of bits, theinterleaving matrix includes C rows and R number of columns, and C and Rare positive integers.

The transceiver 808 is configured to output the second bit sequencebased on an instruction of the processor 804.

Further, the processor 804 may be configured to perform an action thatis implemented inside the interleaving device and that is described inthe foregoing method embodiments, and the transceiver 808 may beconfigured to perform a sending or receiving action that is performed bythe interleaving device and that is described in the foregoing methodembodiments. For details, refer to the descriptions in the foregoingmethod embodiments. Details are not described herein again.

The processor 804 and the memory 819 may be integrated into oneprocessing apparatus. The processor 804 is configured to execute programcode stored in the memory 819 to implement the foregoing functions.During specific implementation, the memory 819 may be alternativelyintegrated into the processor 804.

The terminal device 800 may further include a power supply 812,configured to supply power to various components or circuits in theterminal device 800. The terminal device 800 may include an antenna 810,configured to send, by using a radio signal, data or information outputby the transceiver 808.

In addition, to improve functions of the terminal device 800, theterminal device 800 may further include one or more of an input unit814, a display unit 816, an audio frequency circuit 818, a camera 820, asensor 822, and the like. The audio frequency circuit may furtherinclude a speaker 8182, a microphone 8184, and the like.

In addition, this application provides a computer-readable storagemedium. The computer-readable storage medium stores an instruction. Whenthe instruction is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to performthe interleaving method in the foregoing embodiments.

This present disclosure further provides a computer program product. Thecomputer program product includes computer program code. When thecomputer program code is run on a computer, the computer is enabled toperform the interleaving method described in any one of the foregoingembodiments.

This application further provides a chip (or a chip system). The chipincludes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store acomputer program, and the processor is configured to invoke the computerprogram from the memory and run the computer program, so that acommunications device on which the chip is installed performs theinterleaving method in the foregoing method embodiments of thisapplication.

The communications device herein may be a network device or a terminaldevice.

This application further provides a coding apparatus. The codingapparatus has functions of implementing the interleaving method in anyone of the foregoing method embodiments. The functions may beimplemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardware executingcorresponding software. The hardware or the software includes one ormore modules corresponding to the foregoing functions. In addition, thecoding apparatus further has a related function for implementing polarcoding. After performing polar coding on a to-be-coded sequence, thecoding apparatus interleaves a coded sequence by using the interleavingmethod provided in this application, and then performs subsequentmodulation, mapping, sending, and the like.

In an example design, when some or all of the functions are implementedby hardware, the coding apparatus includes:

an input interface circuit, configured to obtain a first bit sequence;

a logic circuit, configured to perform the interleaving method in anypossible design in the foregoing embodiments, to interleave the firstbit sequence, so as to obtain a second bit sequence; and

an output interface circuit, configured to output the second bitsequence.

In some embodiments, the coding apparatus may be a chip or an integratedcircuit.

In another example design, when some or all of the functions areimplemented by software, the coding apparatus includes: a memory,configured to store a program; and a processor, configured to executethe program stored in the memory. When the program is executed, thecoding apparatus may implement the interleaving method in any possibledesign in the foregoing embodiments.

In still another example design, when some or all of the functions areimplemented by software, the coding apparatus includes a processor. Amemory configured to store a program is located outside the codingapparatus. The processor is connected to the memory through a circuit/anelectric wire, and is configured to read and execute the program storedin the memory.

In some embodiments, the memory and the memory may be physicallyindependent units, or the memory may be integrated into the processor.

In addition, this application further provides a deinterleavingapparatus 900. FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of the deinterleavingapparatus 900 according to this application. As shown in FIG. 22, theapparatus 900 includes a transceiver unit 910 and a processing unit 920.

The transceiver unit 910 is configured to obtain a to-be-deinterleavedbit sequence.

The processing unit 920 is configured to deinterleave theto-be-deinterleaved bit sequence based on a preset write rule and readrule, to obtain a deinterleaved bit sequence.

In some embodiments, the units of the deinterleaving apparatus 900 arerespectively configured to implement corresponding functions in thedeinterleaving method. These functions may be implemented by hardware,or may be implemented by hardware executing corresponding software.

When the deinterleaving method is implemented by hardware, thedeinterleaving apparatus 900 includes:

an input interface circuit, configured to obtain a to-be-deinterleavedbit sequence;

a logic circuit, configured to deinterleave the to-be-deinterleaved bitsequence according to a preset write rule and read rule described in theembodiments of this application, to obtain a deinterleaved bit sequence;and

an output interface circuit, configured to output the deinterleaved bitsequence.

In an ideal noiseless case, the deinterleaved bit sequence is the sameas the first bit sequence described above.

FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of a deinterleaving device1000 according to this application. As shown in FIG. 23, the device 1000includes: one or more processors 1001, one or more memories 1002, andone or more transceivers 1003. The processor 1001 is configured tocontrol the transceiver 1003 to send or receive a signal. The memory1002 is configured to store a computer program. The processor 1001 isconfigured to invoke the computer program from the memory 1002 and runthe computer program, so that the device 1000 performs correspondingprocedures and/or operations in various embodiments of thedeinterleaving method. For brevity, details are not described hereinagain.

It should be noted that the apparatus 900 shown in FIG. 22 may beimplemented by the device 1000 shown in FIG. 23. For example, thetransceiver unit 910 may be implemented by the transceiver 1003 in FIG.23. The processing unit 920 may be implemented by the processor 1001,and so on.

During uplink transmission, the deinterleaving apparatus 900 isspecifically the network device shown in FIG. 1. During downlinktransmission, the deinterleaving apparatus is specifically the terminaldevice (for example, the terminal device #1 or the terminal device #2)shown in FIG. 1.

In addition, the deinterleaving apparatus 900 may alternatively be achip, so that a communications device on which the chip is installed mayperform the deinterleaving method in the embodiments of thisapplication. The chip may be installed on a network device, so that thenetwork device has functions of implementing the deinterleaving method.Alternatively, the chip may be installed on a terminal device, so thatthe terminal device has functions of implementing the deinterleavingmethod.

In addition, this application provides a computer-readable storagemedium. The computer-readable storage medium stores an instruction. Whenthe instruction is run on a computer, the computer is enabled to performthe deinterleaving method in the foregoing embodiments.

The present disclosure further provides a computer program product. Thecomputer program product includes computer program code. When thecomputer program code is run on a computer, the computer is enabled toperform the deinterleaving method described in any one of the foregoingembodiments.

The present disclosure further provides a decoding apparatus. Thedecoding apparatus has functions of implementing the deinterleavingmethod in the foregoing embodiments of this application. The functionsmay be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by hardwareexecuting corresponding software. In addition, the coding apparatusfurther has a related function for implementing polar code decoding, forexample, rate dematching or decoding.

In the foregoing embodiments, the processor may be a central processingunit (central processing unit, CPU), a microprocessor, anapplication-specific integrated circuit (application-specific integratedcircuit, ASIC), one or more integrated circuits for controlling programexecution of various embodiments described herein, or the like. Forexample, the processor may include a digital signal processor device, amicroprocessor device, an analog-to-digital converter, and adigital-to-analog converter. The processor may allocate mobile devicecontrol and signal processing functions between these devices based onrespective functions of the devices. In addition, the processor mayinclude functions for operating one or more software programs, and thesoftware programs may be stored in the memory.

The functions of the processor may be implemented by hardware or may beimplemented by hardware executing corresponding software. The hardwareor the software includes one or more modules corresponding to theforegoing functions.

The memory may be a read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), anothertype of static storage device capable of storing static information andinstructions, a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), oranother type of dynamic storage device capable of storing informationand instructions, or may be an electrically erasable programmableread-only memory (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory,EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (compact disc read-only memory,CD-ROM) or another compact disc storage, an optical disc storage (whichincludes a compact disc, a laser disc, an optical disc, a digitalversatile disc, a Blu-ray disc, and the like), a disk storage medium oranother magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used tocarry or store expected program code having an instruction or a datastructure form and that can be accessed by a computer. However, this isnot limited herein.

With reference to the foregoing descriptions, a person skilled in theart may be aware that the methods of the embodiments in thisspecification may be implemented by hardware (for example, a logiccircuit) or software, or a combination of hardware and software. Whetherthe methods are performed by hardware or software depends on particularapplications and design constraints of the technical solutions. A personskilled in the art may use different methods to implement the describedfunctions for each particular application, but it should not beconsidered that the implementation goes beyond the scope of thisapplication.

When the functions are implemented in a form of software and sold orused as an independent product, the functions may be stored in acomputer-readable storage medium. In this case, the technical solutionsof this application essentially, or the part contributing to the priorart, or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in a form ofa software product. The software product is stored in a storage medium,and includes several instructions for instructing a computer device(which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or thelike) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described inthe embodiments of this application.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of thisapplication, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by aperson skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in thisapplication shall fall within the protection scope of this application.Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject tothe protection scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An interleaving method, comprising: obtaining afirst bit sequence, wherein the first bit sequence comprises L number ofbits, and L is a positive integer; writing the L number bits into aninterleaving matrix according to a preset write rule, wherein theinterleaving matrix comprises C number of rows and R number of columns,C and R are positive integers, and the write rule indicates theinterleaving matrix comprises at least two columns having differentquantities of bits; reading the L number of bits from the interleavingmatrix according to a preset read rule, to obtain a second bit sequence,wherein a bit quantity of the second bit sequence is also L; and sendingthe second bit sequence.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein thewriting the L number of bits into an interleaving matrix according tothe write rule comprises: writing the L number of bits into at least oneinterleaving unit of the interleaving matrix column by column.
 3. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein writing the L number of bits intoan interleaving matrix according to the write rule comprises: writingthe L number of bits into an i^(th) interleaving unit of theinterleaving matrix column by column, wherein each column comprisesB_(i) number of bits, the i^(th) interleaving unit comprises B_(i)number of rows and R number of columns, i≥2 and is an integer, B_(i) isa positive integer, the interleaving matrix comprises at least twointerleaving units, each interleaving unit comprises R number ofcolumns, and any two of the at least two interleaving units comprisedifferent quantities of rows.
 4. The method according to claim 1,wherein writing the L number of bits into an interleaving matrixaccording to the write rule comprises: writing the L number of bits intothe R number of columns of the interleaving matrix column by column,wherein a quantity B_(j) number of bits written into each of the Rnumber of columns is different, quantities of bits written into thefirst column to an R^(th) column in the R number of columnsprogressively increase or decrease as the column index j increases, jtraverses values in {1, 2, . . . , R}, and B_(j) is a positive integer.5. The method according to claim 4, wherein B_(j) is an exponentialpower of 2, or B_(j) is an odd number or a prime number.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein writing the L number of bits into theinterleaving matrix according to the write rule comprises: writing the Lnumber of bits into the R number of columns of the interleaving matrixcolumn by column in n rounds, wherein writing is performed into at leastone of the R number of columns in each round, a quantity B_(k) of bitswritten into the at least one column in each round progressivelyincreases as the column index k increases, n≥2 and is an integer, 1≤k≤R,and k and B_(k) are positive integers.
 7. The method according to claim1, wherein when the L number of bits are written into the interleavingmatrix according to the write rule, and write directions in any tworounds of writing are the same or different.
 8. A non-transitorycomputer readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storagemedium stores a computer program, and when the computer program isexecuted on a computer, the computer is enabled to: obtain a first bitsequence, wherein the first bit sequence comprises L number of bits, andL is a positive integer; write the L number of bits into an interleavingmatrix according to a preset write rule, wherein the interleaving matrixcomprises C number of rows and R number of columns, C and R are positiveintegers, and the write rule indicates the interleaving matrix comprisesat least two columns having different quantities of bits; read the Lnumber of bits from the interleaving matrix according to a preset readrule, to obtain a second bit sequence; and send the second bit sequence.9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according toclaim 8, wherein the computer is further enabled to: write the L numberof bits into at least one interleaving unit of the interleaving matrixcolumn by column.
 10. The non-transitory computer readable storagemedium according to claim 8, wherein computer is further enabled to:write the L number of bits into an i^(th) interleaving unit of theinterleaving matrix column by column, wherein each column comprisesB_(i) number of bits, the i^(th) interleaving unit comprises B_(i) rowsand R number of columns, i≥2, B_(i) and i are positive integers, theinterleaving matrix comprises at least two interleaving units, eachinterleaving unit comprises R number of columns, and any two of the atleast two interleaving units comprise different quantities of rows. 11.The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim8, wherein computer is further enabled to: write the L number of bitsinto the R number of columns of the interleaving matrix column bycolumn, wherein a quantity B_(j) of bits written into each of the Rnumber of columns is different, quantities of bits written into thefirst column to an R^(th) column in the R number of columnsprogressively increase or decrease as the column index j increases, jtraverses values in {1, 2, . . . , R}, and B_(j) is a positive integer.12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according toclaim 11, wherein B_(j) is an exponential power of 2, or B_(j) is an oddnumber or a prime number.
 13. The non-transitory computer readablestorage medium according to claim 8, wherein computer is further enabledto: write the L number of bits into the R number of columns of theinterleaving matrix column by column inn rounds, wherein writing isperformed into at least one of the R number of columns in each round, aquantity B_(k) number of bits written into the at least one column ineach round progressively increases as the column index k increases, n≥2and is an integer, 1≤k≤R, and k and B_(k) are positive integers.
 14. Thenon-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 8,wherein when writing the L number of bits into the interleaving matrix,write directions in any two rounds of writing are the same or different.15. An interleaving device, comprising: a transceiver, configured toobtain a first bit sequence, wherein the first bit sequence comprises Lnumber of bits, and L is a positive integer; and a processor, configuredto invoke computer programs stored in a memory of the interleavingdevice such that when the computer programs are invoked the processor iscaused to: write the L number of bits into an interleaving matrixaccording to a preset write rule, wherein the interleaving matrixcomprises C number of rows and R number of columns, C and R are positiveintegers, and the write rule indicates the interleaving matrix comprisesat least two columns having different quantities of bits; read the Lnumber of bits from the interleaving matrix according to a preset readrule, to obtain a second bit sequence; and cause the transceiver tosend, based on an instruction of the processor, the second bit sequencegenerated by the processor.
 16. The interleaving device according toclaim 15, wherein the processor is configured to: write the L number ofbits into at least one interleaving unit of the interleaving matrixcolumn by column.
 17. The interleaving device according to claim 15,wherein the processor is configured to: write the L number of bits intoan i^(th) interleaving unit of the interleaving matrix column by column,wherein each column comprises Bi number of bits, the i^(th) interleavingunit comprises B_(i) rows and R number of columns, i≥2, B_(i) and i arepositive integers, the interleaving matrix comprises at least twointerleaving units, each interleaving unit comprises R number ofcolumns, and any two of the at least two interleaving units comprisedifferent quantities of rows.
 18. The interleaving device according toclaim 15, wherein the processor is configured to: write the L number ofbits into the R number of columns of the interleaving matrix column bycolumn, wherein a quantity B_(j) number of bits written into each of theR number of columns is different, quantities of bits written into thefirst column to an R^(th) column in the R number of columnsprogressively increase or decrease as the column index j increases, jtraverses values in {1, 2, . . . , R}, and B_(j) is a positive integer.19. The interleaving device according to claim 15, wherein the processoris configured to: write the L number of bits into the R number ofcolumns of the interleaving matrix column by column inn rounds, whereinwriting is performed into at least one of the R number of columns ineach round, a quantity B_(k) number of bits written into the at leastone column in each round progressively increases as the column index kincreases, n≥2 and is an integer, 1≤k≤R, and k and B_(k) are integers.20. The interleaving device according to claim 15, wherein when writingthe L number of bits into the interleaving matrix, write directions inany two rounds of writing are the same or different.